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4 lexas Historical Association Quarterly.held could base its action. The task fell to Antonio Bonilla,1 thenan officer of the Secretaria de Camara of Mexico. He finished thework in fifteen days.2The Breve Compendio, as he called his report, consists of fourmain divisions: 1. A description of the Province of Texas as itwas in 1772 (Secs. 1-2); 2. A summary of the history of Texasfrom 1685 to 1770 (Secs. 3-24); 3. A summary of Ripperd6's re-ports made in 1770 and 1772, and of a report of de Mezieres, withsuch of the history of Texas from 1770 to 1772 as bears upon thesereports. 4. The conclusion, which is an expression of Bonilla's per-sonal opinion. Even though Bonilla had as a guide Altamira's Testi-monio, mentioned in the list on page 1, the Breve Compendio isquite a remarkable document, especially when one considers what amass of material Bonilla used, and what a short time he was at work.It is written in a spirit of fairness, and so far as I have had timeand opportunity to compare it with other documents, is in the maincorrect, notwithstanding some mistakes of detail. Not counting thecopies recently made by students in the United States, there are atleast four copies of the Breve Compendio known to be extant, viz.:1. A manuscript belonging to the Agricultural and Mechanicaldado en los proprios Auttos, uno y ottro del Sor Audittor Grdl de laGuerra, 1714. 2. Expediente formado sobre las variaciones, y mutacionesqe han tenido los Presidios snternos, esquadras, y demas Tropas, desdeqe. los arregl6 el Emmo. Sor. Marques de Casafuerte. "Signed by DomingoValcarcel, and dated August 17, 1760. Folios 20-28 are on Texas." 3.Memoria Acerca de los lim'tles de la Luisiana, sacada de varias Autores yMapas, y Cartas Geograficas por el Padre Doctor Don Jose Peredo, Pres-vitero del Oratorio de San Felipe Neri de Mexico, 1770. 4. Breve Gorm-pendio, 1772. Full title below, p. 9. 5. Hsstoria dcel Descubs imiento ypoblaci6n de la Provincia de Tejas hasta el avio de 1730. Escrito por el Pe.Pr. Melchor de Talamantes, c. 1808. 6. Quadernos trabajados por el Pc.Dn. Jose Antonio Pichardo de la Congregacion de Sn. Felipe Neri; sobre lalinea Divisoria entre las Provincias de los Texas, y Luisiana. Volume301, Secci6n de Historia, Archivo General.'Numerous documents among those noted by Dr. Bolton in the Secci6nde Historia, Archivo General, bear the signature A. Bonilla, perhaps thesame officer. Some of them are dated as late as 1807 (see THE QUAR-TERLY VI, No. 2, and VII, No. 3).Breve Compendio, Seec. 25.